Thucydides bibliography

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  • Alker, Hayward R. 1988. “The Dialectical Logic of Thucydides' Melian Dialogue.” The American Political Science Review 82(3):805-820. Link.
  • Ahrensdorf, Peter J. 1997. “Thucydides' Realistic Critique of Realism.” Polity 30(2):231-265. Link.
  • Fitzsimons, M. A. 1975. “Thucydides: History, Science and Power.” The Review of Politics 37(3):377-397. Link.
  • Forde, Steven. 1995. “International Realism and the Science of Politics: Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Neorealism.” International Studies Quarterly 39(2):141-160. Link.
  • Forde, Steven. 1986. “Thucydides on the Causes of Athenian Imperialism.” The American Political Science Review 80(2):433-448. Link.
  • Forde, Steven. 1992. “Varieties of Realism: Thucydides and Machiavelli.” The Journal of Politics 54(2):372-393. link.
  • Garst, Daniel. 1989. “Thucydides and Neorealism.” International Studies Quarterly 33(1):3-27. Link.
  • Hornblower, Simon. 1987. Thucydides. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Links: Library catalog.
A classicist's account of the life, historical context, and work of Thucydides.
  • Laurie M. Johnson Bagby. 1994. “The Use and Abuse of Thucydides in International Relations.” International Organization 48(1):131-153. Link.
  • Kateb, George. 1964. “Thucydides' History: A Manual of Statecraft.” Political Science Quarterly 79(4):481-503. Link.
  • Lebow, Richard Ned. 2001. “Thucydides the Constructivist.” The American Political Science Review 95(3):547-560. Link.
  • Monoson, S. Sara, and Michael Loriaux. 1998. “The Illusion of Power and the Disruption of Moral Norms: Thucydides' Critique of Periclean Policy.” The American Political Science Review 92(2):285-297. Link.
  • Orwin, Clifford. 1986. “Justifying Empire: The Speech of the Athenians at Sparta and the Problem of Justice in Thucydides.” The Journal of Politics 48(1):72-85. Link.
  • Orwin, Clifford. 1989. “Piety, Justice, and the Necessities of War: Thucydides' Delian Debate.” The American Political Science Review 83(1):233-239. Link.
  • Orwin, Clifford. 1988. “Stasis and Plague: Thucydides on the Dissolution of Society.” The Journal of Politics 50(4):831-847. Link.
  • Orwin, Clifford. 1984. “The Just and the Advantageous in Thucydides: The Case of the Mytilenaian Debate.” The American Political Science Review 78(2):485-494. Link.
  • Orwin, Clifford. 1989. “Thucydides' Contest: Thucydidean "Methodology" in Context.” The Review of Politics 51(3):345-364. Link.
  • Orwin, Clifford. 1994. The Humanity of Thucydides. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Links: Library catalog.
A thoughtful examination of the political philosophy revealed in Thucydides' work.
  • Palmer, Michael. 1989. “Machiavellian virtù and Thucydidean aretē: Traditional Virtue and Political Wisdom in Thucydides.” The Review of Politics 51(3):365-385. Link.
  • Reeve, C. D. C. 1999. “Thucydides on Human Nature.” Political Theory 27(4):435-446. Link.
  • Saxonhouse, Arlene W. 1978. “Nature & Convention in Thucydides' History.” Polity 10(4):461-487. Link.